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Where does “Mandragora” come from?

Mandragora (Translingual) comes from Latin mandragora, from Latin mandragoras, from Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας, from Old Persian merdum gija — plant of humans.

Ancestry of “Mandragora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmandragoraablative singular of mandragorās; vocative...
2Latinmandragorasmandrake
3Ancient Greekμανδραγόραςmandrake
4Old Persianmerdum gijaplant of humans
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